What the Papers Say in pictures

What the Papers Say in pictures

As the BBC axes the long-running newspaper review show, we look back at some of the famous faces who have hosted episodes over the years, as well as the winners at the programme's annual awards

Thu 29 May 2008 12.14 EDT
First published on Thu 29 May 2008 12.14 EDT

Granada launched What the Papers Say in its inaugural broadcast year of 1956. The first show was presented by Brian Inglis, the deputy editor of the Spectator, who went on to present 170 programmes. (The New Statesman got its turn the following week.)

The studio in 1975. Simon Hoggart recalls presenting in the early 1970s involved a first-class rail trip from London and a sandwich lunch at Granada's Quay Street office in Manchester, before attempting to read the entire 20-minute script in one take